- For Release: February 22, 2012
Window Marketers Settle FTC Charges That They Made Deceptive Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings ClaimsCompanies Must Have Scientific Evidence Before Making Marketing Claims
- For Release: February 22, 2012
FTC Action Leads to Contempt Ruling Against Marketers Who Tried to Take Advantage of Financially Strapped ConsumersPromoters Falsely Claimed That "Almost Everybody" Can Legally Receive Food Stamps
- For Your Information: February 22, 2012
FTC Approves Final Orders Settling Charges that Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.'s Proposed Acquisitions of Dermatology Businesses from Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson were AnticompetitiveFollowing public comment periods for both transactions, the Federal Trade Commission has approved final orders settling charges that Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.'s (Valeant) two proposed acquisitions of dermatology businesses – one from Sanofi and one from Johnson & Johnson – would have been anticompetitive and in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act and Section 5 of the FTC Act.
- Media Advisory: February 21, 2012
FTC To Host Phone Availability on Law Enforcement Actions Targeting
Deceptive Claims by Window Manufacturers and Sellers Energy-Efficiency, Consumer Savings Claims Allegedly Overstated
- For Release: February 21, 2012
Court Halts Alleged Fake Debt Collector Calls from India,
Grants FTC Request to Stop Defendants Who Often Posed as Law Enforcement At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has halted an operation that the FTC alleges collected phantom payday loan “debts” that consumers did not owe.
- For Your Information: February 21, 2012
FTC Continues to Seek Public Input on Consumer Issues in Motor Vehicle Sales, Financing and LeasingAs part of the Federal Trade Commission's ongoing project to gather information on consumers' experiences in the sale, financing and leasing of motor vehicles at dealerships, the agency will continue to seek public comments until April 1, 2012.
- Media Advisory: February 21, 2012
FTC Cracks Down on Fake Debt CollectorAgency Alleges Operator Attempted to Collect on Phantom Debts - Victim Will Describe Her Experiences
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